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In Search Of Our Mother's Gardens: Womanist Prose [Paperback]

Alice Walker (Author)
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Publication Date: May 15 2004
In this, her first collection of nonfiction, Alice Walker speaks out as a
black woman, writer, mother, and feminist in thirty-six pieces ranging
from the personal to the political. Among the contents are essays about
other writers, accounts of the civil rights movement of the 1960s and the
antinuclear movement of the 1980s, and a vivid memoir of a scarring
childhood injury and her daughter’s healing words.

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PRAISE FOR IN SEARCH OF OUR MOTHERS’GARDENS
“Reflects not only the ideas but a life that has . . . breathed color, sound, and soul
into fiction and poetry—and into our lives as well.”
—SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

About the Author

Best-selling novelist ALICE WALKER is the author of five other novels, five collections of short stories, six collections of essays, seven volumes of poetry, including the most recent Hard Times Require Furious Dancing, and several children’s books. Her books have been translated into more than two dozen languages.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Touching Essays by a brilliant writer. Jun 20 2003
By elizabeth
Format:Hardcover
When I finished this book I knew I was going to miss the things it said to me. Alice Walker wrote brilliantly about her own struggles, her passion for other people to discover Zora Neale Hurston, the civil rights movement, and her work as a black feminist. So many subjects are touched in this book that jumps back and forth through 20+ years. Walker is inspritational to all woman. As a writer she shows one the strength to succeed not in business but loving yourself as well as working to achieve equal rights for everyone no matter the sex or the color. Her essays are moving written like a painting. Her words are beautiful and inspire. The few poems that she used in this collection are the best i have ever seen. She is honest about her experiences in hopes that we all might learn from her and take to a cause. We are the makers of our future. I would read this book again and it establishes to me that Alice Walker is a gifted writer who has become one of my favorites.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Alice is very moorish Sep 17 2001
By "thirteenthfairy"
Format:Hardcover
First I read The Colour Purple and thought that Alice
was an older woman. Then I read The Temple of My Familiar and began to wonder. In Search of Our Mother's Gardens illuminates the writer. I have gone in search of many of the books to which she refers in her essays.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Easy Reading for English Class April 17 2001
By Holly
Format:Paperback
I am a junior in AP English, and for class we had to choose a non-fiction or auto/biographical book from a list our teacher had supplied. I chose this book because of an essay we had read by Ms. Walker in class. I loved it! It was very witty, yet I learned about the black culture and black artists. I actually enjoyed reading a book for class, and recommend this book for anyone who is interested in reading and learning!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A great nonfiction collection
I have loved Alice Walker since I was 14. Granted, it has not always been an easy love. She speaks truths that I do not always find easy to hear. Read more
Published on Mar 16 2001 by Edward Aycock
5.0 out of 5 stars A passionate and insightful essay collection
I first read "In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens," the influential essay collection by Alice Walker, as a college undergraduate more than 10 years ago. Read more
Published on Jan 31 2001 by Michael J. Mazza
5.0 out of 5 stars I've often re-read this book as nourishment for my spirit
On difficult days, which are more numerous than the peaceful ones here in South Korea, I re-read In Search Of Our Mothers' Gardens. Read more
Published on Nov 4 1999 by Simone
5.0 out of 5 stars As always, Alice leaves me breathless!!!!!
What can you say about Alice Walker, she, Gloria Naylor, Toni Morrison, and Maya Angelou, and Zora Neale Hurston are as far as I am concerned the only female writers that have a... Read more
Published on Aug 11 1999
4.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding critical essay writing!
This collection of essays by Alice Walker is arguably even superior to her best novels (fine though they are). Read more
Published on Mar 2 1999
5.0 out of 5 stars stunning
Alice Walker is amazing - In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens is a collection of essays, letters, and thoughts dealing with race, gender, and the complexities of being human. Read more
Published on May 18 1998 by J. C. Nash
5.0 out of 5 stars An incredible collection of stories about every woman.
This collection of Alice Walker's short stories is an inspiring collection of self truths. Ms. Walker has a clarity in her writing that lets the reader see the truth we often hide... Read more
Published on May 3 1998
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